As she and Agnes grow further apart, the bonds between mother and daughter are tested in surprising and heartbreaking ways. Agnes is growing wilder and closer to the land, while Bea cannot shake her urban past. To her dismay, Bea discovers that, in fleeing to the Wilderness State to save Agnes, she is losing her in a different way. The farther they roam, the closer they come to their animal soul.

As the group slowly learns to live and survive on the unpredictable and often dangerous land, its members battle for power and control and betray and save each other. Can they be part of the wilderness and not destroy it? Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, this new community wanders through the grand country, trying to adhere to the strict rules laid down by the Rangers, whose job it is to remind them they must Leave No Trace.

Until now.īea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State as part of a study to see if humans can co-exist with nature. Here forests and desert plains are inhabited solely by wildlife. But across the country lies the Wilderness State, the last swath of open, protected land left. But what can Bea do? No one leaves the City anymore, because there is nowhere else to go. The smog and pollution of the City-an over-populated, over-built metropolis where most of the population lives-is destroying her lungs. Nature.īea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away.

For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.A debut novel that explores a mother-daughter relationship in a world ravaged by climate change and overpopulation, a suspenseful second book from the author of the story collection, Man V. Hong Kong Filmart Postponed Due To Coronavirus Fears Event Moves Two Weeks Before Toronto Coronavirus Update: New Cases Break Record 70,000 For The First Time Infections Up 40% Since Early JulyĬoronavirus: Movies That Have Halted Or Delayed Production Amid Outbreak CAA, 3 Arts and Jackoway Austen Tyerman rep 6th and Idaho. She is a former producer for the radio program This American Life, and was the recipient of a 2016 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.ĬAA repped the television sale of The New Wilderness on behalf of Gernert’s Seth Fishman. 11.Ĭook’s writing has appeared in Harper’s, Tin House, Granta, and other publications, and her stories have been included in the anthologies Best American Short Stories and The O. Harper Books will publish The New Wilderness on Aug.

The author’s new novel was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Rafi Crohn of 6th& Idaho will co-executive produce. Carly Wray ( Watchmen, Westworld) also will executive produce and supervise the first episode as part of her WBTV deal. Reeves, Daniel Pipski and Adam Kassan will executive produce for 6th & Idaho.

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook